2008–2009 · Dance – stage work
Which Light in the Sky Is Us
Gregory Dawson · Company C Contemporary Ballet (TBC)
A contemporary ballet by Gregory Dawson commissioned by Company C Contemporary Ballet, with music by Ben Juodvalkis and Moses Sedler. Its sections include 'Luminescent Shower' and 'The Seductive Glimmer', and the staging uses moving light circles and molded circles worn as tutu skirts by men and women. It was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for choreography.
- Premiere
- 2008
- Venue
- Company C Contemporary Ballet (commission)
- Where
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Performances
- Company C Contemporary Ballet Spring Program, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco (reviewed April 28, 2012), as the closing work on a program with pieces by Charles Anderson, James Sewell and Peter Anastos.
- Credits
- Choreography: Gregory Dawson. Commissioned by Company C Contemporary Ballet. Music: Ben Juodvalkis and Moses Sedler (including Sedler's 'Adagio for String Trio'). Dancers included Kristin Lindsay ('The Seductive Glimmer').
Press
“The evening's final work, "which light in the sky is us?" by Gregory Dawon to music by Ben Juodvalkis and Moses Sedler, left us confused.”
“Which Light in the Sky Is Us," created in 2008 for Company C Ballet, scored an Isadora Duncan Award nomination for best choreography.”
Elsewhere
- Company C Contemporary Ballet, SF — Culture Vulture, 2012-05-01
- World premiere from risk-taking Dawson Dance SF choreographer — San Francisco Chronicle, 2014-12
- Isadora Duncan Dance Award nomination (choreography) — dawsondancesf
- Gregory Dawson | BalletX — BalletX